Good idea. They could have a dynamic like Kenzaki and Tachibana.

Based on the description of how the shiny blue suit reflects Houtarou's personality, yeah, sounds like he'll be pretty similar to Sento. A hyper, boastful, kindhearted smart guy.

Whenever I hear "by chance" in these synopses, I always assume there's something deeper they don't want to spoil yet. For example, Touma claimed Kaenken Rekka "by chance", but he was secretly destined to obtain power.

Even if he is a dunce, well, Gentarou's open mind allowed him to prove Kengo wrong about the Hopping Switch and Ryuuga determined the Best Matches by reading the labels while Sento was overthinking everything. Sometimes idiots are geniuses at common sense.

Also reminds me of Ichinose Hayate, the actor of Koh/Ryusoul Red.

Maybe it's because of Hasegawa but I wonder if Hotaru will be like Hikaru/Ultraman Ginga.

Hey, you're right. :rock:
With this in mind it would be neat to see Hotaro's school uniform be a nod to one of Hongo's outfit, specifically the one Fujioka's son wore when he played Hongo in that Rider movie.

Gotchard July scans. Looks like that red raise buckle was for reading Ridechemy cards (and it does have a Geats card in it so that rumor ended up being true) also it looks like their will be variant cards.

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...8&d=1690294446
He looks fun! To me, these photos partly confirm the "Gottchard is the Fourze of the Reiwa era" theory.
I wonder if the fight with Jamato is from the movie or will he get a chance to shine in the last episode of Geats? If it's from a movie, then I'm all for allowing the next rider to deal with one of the movie bosses, and not feeding him faceless foot soldiers.

This is honestly the first base form kamen rider in the longest time that I actually am not feeling. It feels super generic to me.

I am digging the driver and gun though, can't go wrong with cards.

It feels like anime Ichigo.

His poses are really giving me Keiichi Hasegawa vibes, though i wonder if i'm only saying that bc I know he's writing it lol

still the energy he's giving me is exactly what i thought he'd have, which is main character of dyna + main character of ginga
which to elaborate for people who haven't seen those shows, basically just means "(charming?) cocky airhead showoff + generic anime goof boy (who loves his friends)" that's the vibe he's giving me, though maybe i'm imagining things

my wife says he's giving her Aruto from Zero-One energy, which makes sense too

For anybody wondering, the gun's name is Gotcharge Gun.

Or as Bleach fans call him, Ichigo. :p

Is Hasegawa known for writing characters with specific poses? I'm not familiar with his work outside of Rider. Houtarou sure does love V signs though and it's even on brand, as a V is shaped like an arrow.

Wouldn't say Hasegawa is known for specific poses per se (though in Ultra the "thumbs up" gesture is quite iconic to Dyna bc of Hasegawa)

more so I mean that certain character poses are usually chosen to match personality for promotional material, and the vibe of these poses gives me the same energy as some lead character's of his

How well these poses actually reflect the chatacter in reality though, well we'll have to see

I really love all the V signs though, it's very fun

If I had to bet money on any personality trait for Hiutarou from just these poses it would be "energetic" I think lol